Saturday, February 24, 2007

Dick

Dick Lau, Hong Kong - photo by Joselito Briones
© Joselito Briones


I introduced you to Dick last month, new year's day, when I spotted him from the crowd in Lan Kwai Fong, in Hong Kong. It's his birthday today.

This is one of the first few pictures I've ever taken in Hong Kong, shortly after I moved there, early 90's. During this time I was studying Herb Ritts pictures like no one else's mattered.


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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Rescued

Hon Diec, Hong Kong - photo by Joselito Briones
© Joselito Briones


Remember Hon? Yep it's been a year since that dinner party. I like these birthdays, it gives me an excuse to show you pictures from my archives. This particular one was a surprise because it was too dark (or too bright) for any printer and scanner available at the time I took the picture to make anything of it. It tempts me to see if there's anymore such pics that can now be made use of with the latest film scanning technology.


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Monday, February 19, 2007

Farewell Drink

Liberty's, London - photo by Joselito Briones
© Joselito Briones


I'm going back to Erlangen tomorrow, so I thought I'll do a last night walk in the vicinity of Picadilly Circus. I also took some pictures around the area.


Chinatown, London - photo by Joselito Briones
© Joselito Briones


After some time I met up with Wil, then Ronnie joined us, for dinner in Kulu Kulu Sushi, a Japanese restaurant in Brewer Street. It's one of those conveyor belt places where coded plates of sushi continuously go around in a conveyor belt and you just grab whichever pleases you. I wonder why they haven't done this with dim sum? Not being able to converse in Cantonese, I am always reduced to chasing after those dim-sum-trolley-pushing-women to see what sort of goodies they have to offer. Maybe a transparent steaming basket need to be invented, because they need to be kept in such baskets to keep them warm, while they also need to be seen so diners know what they're grabbing. Am sure eventually someone will actually do it.


Compton Bar, Old Compton Street, London - photo by Joselito Briones
© Joselito Briones


After dinner, we decided to go for a drink in Village Bar, in Old Compton Street in SOHO. It might as well have been anywhere though, as the place isn't even half as crowded as it usually is, and we were just talking so much, like old friends do, about just about anything.


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